The mouth of Nakashima River

Before 1887, the mouth of Nakashima River was the area where the Eighteenth Bank presently stands. This is the view upstream from Shin-Ohashi Bridge, which was built at the mouth of the river in 1869. Chokyu Bridge is seen in the centre, with Tsuki-machi on the left and Nishihamano-machi on the right. The volume of water was obviously much greater then than it is now. Indeed, Nakashima River was used as a water route to transport goods. The date is the early Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number114‐15‐0]